CV

Ph.D.

University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

Astrophysics (Data Science in Astrophysics Minor)

• Advised by Assistant Professor Michael Coughlin
• Member of the Data Science in Multi-Messenger Astronomy (DSMMA) Program

M.S.

University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

Astrophysics (Data Science in Astrophysics Minor)

• Member of the Data Science in Multi-Messenger Astronomy (DSMMA) Program

B.S.

Rutgers University, New Brunswick - Honors College

Astrophysics

• Member of the Rutgers Honors College
• Graduated Cum Laude
• Received High Honors on Senior Thesis (Advisor: Prof. Saurabh Jha)

Graduate Research Assistant

Goddard Space Flight Center

Project: GCN: General Coordinates Network

• Contributing to development of the search functionality for the GCN Circulars Archive, including the addition of the use of natural language processing to improve search quality and extract information from the historic archive.
• Work with GCN will continue through at least 2026.

Graduate Research Assistant

Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

Advisor: Assistant Professor Michael Coughlin
Project: NMMA: A Nuclear-Physics and Multi-Messenger Astrophysics Framework

• Working with large collaboration to study kilonovae via gravitational wave detection and electromagnetic observation.
• Leading development of pipeline to automate analysis of ZTF data to inform follow-up observations of potential gravitational wave companions.
• First-authored publication: ‘An online framework for fitting fast transient light curves’ (MNRAS 2024).

Senior Honors Thesis

Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers University

Advisor: Professor Saurabh Jha
Project: Early-Time Observations of Type Ia Supernovae with TESS

• Conducted independent research on SNe Ia observed by the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite at early rise times - Project received ‘High Honors’.
• Engaged in monthly remote observation shifts on the Keck II Telescope.

Undergraduate Researcher

Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University

Advisor: Dr. Melinda Soares-Furtado

• Worked both locally and remotely on several research projects, including hydrodynamic simulations of globular clusters and analysis of data from the Kepler Space Telescope’s K2 Mission.
• Used time-management skills and conducted independent research on novel topics to independently accomplish project goals in a timely manner.
• Contributed to published catalog in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series (2020) and poster presentation at NASA Kepler/K2 SciCon V.

Governor's School Scholar

New Jersey Governor's School of the Sciences, Drew University

Advisor: Dr. David Cincotta
Project: Controlled Release Kinetics

• Collaborated with a large group of students from across New Jersey to complete a complex research project in chemistry on a contracted time scale.
• Helped to automate the collection of data and designed an experimental procedure that greatly increased the number of trials that could be run within the given time constraints.

Robert O. Pepin Fellow

University of Minnesota

Summer 2026

Visiting Scholar at Italian National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF)

Italian National Institute for Astrophysics

Spring 2026

Data Science in Multi-Messenger Astrophysics Research Fellowship

NSF / University of Minnesota

Spring 2025

Winner of UMN Departmental 3 Minute Thesis Competition

University of Minnesota

Departmental Winner (2022, 2023)

Data Science in Multi-Messenger Astrophysics Research Fellowship

NSF / University of Minnesota

Ney Fellowship

University of Minnesota

Rutgers University Trustee Scholarship

Rutgers University

Hoffman DiMuzio Community Scholarship

Hoffman DiMuzio

Brett Fenster Memorial Scholarship

Brett Fenster Memorial Fund

ID4 AI for Engineering Workshop

247th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society

Recent and Planned Development of The General Coordinates Network (Poster)

AstroRob VIII: Workshop on Autonomous Robotic Observatories

The General Coordinates Network: NASA’s Next Generation Time-Domain and Multi-Messenger Alert System (Talk)

245th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society

IIb or not IIb: Identifying Kilonova Imposters (Poster)

Hotwiring the Transient Universe VII

Optimization of Kilonova Follow-up with a Multi-Armed Bandit Strategy (Talk)

Numanji/NMMA Collaboration Retreat

243rd Meeting of the American Astronomical Society

Development of the General Coordinates Network Circulars Search Functionality (Poster)

ZTF Summer School

Coordination Assistant for NMMA (Talk)

NASA Kepler and K2 SciCon V

Searching for Exoplanets in Dense Clusters with Image Subtraction (Poster)

Accelerated AI Algorithms for Data-Driven Discovery (A3D3)

Graduate Student Trainee

American Astronomical Society (AAS)

Student Member

USSF Certified Soccer Referee

South Jersey Soccer League & South Jersey Girls Soccer League

• Utilized thorough knowledge of the laws of the game to quickly and decisively make calls with consistency and in a manner appropriate for the level of play.
• Worked with other referees to make quick decisions in games ranging from adolescent to collegiate levels.

Red Cross Certified Lifeguard

Del Val Pool Maintenance

• Measured and recorded chemical levels on an hourly basis, making adjustments to satisfy safety standards.
• Maintained pool site and supervised swimmers.

Personal Tutor

Self-Employed

• Provided tutoring to students between K-8 in various topics, particularly STEM.

MIfA Public Observing Nights

Minnesota Institute for Astrophysics

Astronomy on Tap - Twin Cities

AoT Twin Cities

Coughlin Group Elementary School Outreach

University of Minnesota

ZTF Summer School Program

Zwicky Transient Facility

MIfA Universe@Home Program

Minnesota Institute for Astrophysics

Rutgers Astronomical Society

Rutgers University

Rutgers Honors College Mentoring Program

Rutgers University